Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-30
DAILY HERALD.
SEWERS AND SEWAGE.
BENEFITS of a Sewer to the
Ocean.
TO HEALTH AND BUSINESS
Dimensions of the Conduit. which
Can be Easily Made ON an
Excellent Grade.
SEWERS AND SEWAGE
TO HEALTH AND BUSINESS

in the HERALD of June 26th, has met
with great favor from all classes of cit
izsus in our rapidly growing metropolis
There can be no question as to the fact,
established, that sewer and
oesspool gas is the direct source of
nearly all cases of fever and other in
fictitious diseases. A kitchen drain or
IN uncleansed disbcloth have both been
found to cause typhoid fever by furn-
ishing the breeding spots for the typhoid
bacillus which passes into the blood
through the atmosphere, and may be
taken in from impure water or milk and
cause the most lamentable consequences.
At late meeting of the San Francisco
Microscopical Society, DR.. Henry Ferrer
showed under the microscope large
number of living germs of typhoid bac-
cillus. These insidious and insinuating
enemies were found by the illustrious
DR.. Eberth, of Halle, in 1880. and care.
solly described. He found them in the
spleen and lymphatic glands of typhoid
patients Prof. Koch found them in the
Tissues of fever patients. They have
also been found by Pasteur, Gaffky,
Fraenkel, Simmond, Klein, Pradden and
others.
By suspending gelatine in the pit of
foul oesspool, or even q freshly cut po-
tato, these germs will gather on these
substances and may be gathered in by
aid of the microscope and propagated
under glass. This is being done in
Europe and America.
THE REMEDY.
Knowing, as is incontrovertibly estab.
lished, the source of majority Of the
diseases that affect civilized nations, the
people are inexcusable if they do not
apply the proper remedy. The remedy
Il q cleansing and purifation of the
houses, drains, streets, and all filthy
surroundings of the people, whether in
city or country. Nearly all diseases OF
the young and middle.aged are prevent
able by the aid of pure air, pure water
and pure food. The great physician
and benefactor of the human race is that
person who prevents suffering and sick
ness. The remedy of prevention is now
known and the people must apply 1t
without fear, favor or affection. The
remedy is cleanliness, which is next to
godliness in virtue and power. The
plan of the City Surveyor will cleanse
the city in most economical manner.
The item of expense is triding and
should cut no figure in our calculations
when compared with the good to be at.
tanned.
EXAMPLE OF SAN DIEGO.
The example of the city Of San Diego
In making q system of sewerage, is wor.
thy of acceptatation. Those who think
that Los Angeles, with 5000 popula.
tion, cannot afford to expend $500, 600
on sewerage to the sea, with proba.
bility that the scheme will more than
nav for itself, and in fact in the end
cost nothing, should look at the exam.
pie of San Diego, q city with ll,2OO
population and situated directly on
bay of the Pacific, that is now expend.
ing $4OO, 900 in sewering that munich
pelity. Certainly the populous and
prosperous city OF Los Angeles with its
millions of capital can afford to issue
bonds for $500, 900 to run for twenty
wears, for the construction of a sewer to
the sea, if the town of San Diego, with
one-ffth the population, can afford to
expend S400. 900 for a system OF sew
erage.
GRADE AND SIZE OF CONDUIT.
The grade of the proposed conduit
from the southwest corner of the city
for the first 5000 feet, is one in two hun
dred and twenty-five, with which Q
four-foot sewer will discharge As, 900, ,0O(
gallons in twenty-four hour,, wher
running full. The remainder OF thu
route will have grade of one in 1000
ON which five feet sewer will be re
auired that will carry 40, 000, 900 gallons
in twenty-four hours. In estimating
the necessary capacity of the outfall
and of the intercepting sewers, . maxi
mum rate of output per capita of l0(
Gallons per diem has been made by tn
CITY Surveyor, while the main sewer
and the main branches are estimated u
carry $50 gallons per capita per diem
These are generous and safe estimates
and are undoubtedly larger than at pres
ent required, but as the population be
comes denser per acre the surveyor
wise in preparing work that will no
have to be torn up and enlarged in tn
future.
The lateral sewers are calculated on
basis of $50 gallons per capita with
density of population OF 100 per acre
The sewers, when in o circular form
are calculated to run one-half full, ant
two.thirds full when in form of al
oval, The lateral system is so exten
sive, so we'll planned for large popula
tion. that, according to the estimates o
old cities, it would carry off the sewage
for 1000, 900 people.
In England it is estimated tha
twenty-five gallons is the maximum
sewage per capita Fer diem, but in Lo
Angeles q more lavish use OF water i
made, and the City Surveyor has mad
a most generous estimate, that it. will
be safe to follow. Should such q pop
ulstion ever be gathered in and arount
the city, SO that more outfail should D.
desired, Q parallel couldn't De con
structed, or relief outlets be made, bu
the city street sewer system will b.
ample for centuries. A relief Quite
could be made at the foot OF the four
foot conduit, where the grade begins tt
decrease, or on the east side of the
river, into the sand and plowed under
A GENEROUS OUTLAY.
The propristors of the sewage farm
offer to lay lateral branches of glazed
pipe or cement from the main conduit
90 that every foot of land on the trac
can be put under cultivation and irri
CATION. This proposition will cause an
outlay of $75, 900 on their part in pro-
viding for q disposition of the sewage
The proposed sewage farm would pro
duce potatoes, turnips, peas, beans
onions, beets, carrots, cabbages, cauli
flower, satisfy, asparagus, sweet po'
tatoes, small fruits, alfalfa, nursery
trees, apples, apricots, peaches, pears,
pIums, nectarines, ounces, squashes
melons and eggplant BY the carload
A branch track of the y. r. company
could be laid from Compton to this farm
bv making about four miles of grade and
frII t,.;n of nroducta could be shipped